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he was denied it again, so he couldn't stand barack obama and can't stand anyone that barack obama nominates. and the surge was something that was his. i think that almost in a way john mccain made the surge into the war as john mccain would have fought it as commander-in-chief. and anyone who questions it gets the wrath of mccain. and i watched that hearing, that part of the hearing with colonel jack jacobs and pat murphy, the governor of pennsylvania who served in iraq. and both of those guys were at the bottom of the pile. and you view war differently. but the lesson that these two men took from vietnam seems to have been so different. hagel took the questioning, the same thing patrick murphy feels, being lied to and feeling anger for knowing you friends died for what you believe to be a lie. >> here's lindsay graham, badgering defense nominee hagel. about his whether the iranian revolutionary guard should be designated terrorist organization. i think this is aimed at south carolina's right wing. let's listen. >> if there was a vote on the floor of the senate this afternoon, to label the
he was denied it again, so he couldn't stand barack obama and can't stand anyone that barack obama nominates. and the surge was something that was his. i think that almost in a way john mccain made the surge into the war as john mccain would have fought it as commander-in-chief. and anyone who questions it gets the wrath of mccain. and i watched that hearing, that part of the hearing with colonel jack jacobs and pat murphy, the governor of pennsylvania who served in iraq. and both of those guys...
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expect this fight against obama to barrel all the way until 2016. for his enemies, the demolition of this president remains their most exciting quest. they call it the cause. its battle flag is the stars and bars. the notion somehow those who back cruz and lee are the real americans. to take it back from the other. minorities and liberals and others who to them constitute the enemy. be warned. with every fresh defeat, this crowd becomes more frustrated and angry. this made the they who are the true superamericans assume their votes should count more than those lesser folk they think are lesser who voted for the president. how else do you describe a group that was outnumbered at the polls that call themselves the american people. joining me howard fineman and jonathan capehart. both are msnbc political analysts. but first tonight, gentlemen, a little comic relief following more than two weeks of dysfunction. in a comparison pointed out by john pedorits, he called it the animal house shutdown. complete with senators ted cruz and mike lee playing the r
expect this fight against obama to barrel all the way until 2016. for his enemies, the demolition of this president remains their most exciting quest. they call it the cause. its battle flag is the stars and bars. the notion somehow those who back cruz and lee are the real americans. to take it back from the other. minorities and liberals and others who to them constitute the enemy. be warned. with every fresh defeat, this crowd becomes more frustrated and angry. this made the they who are the...
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. >>> president obama pushes hard on gun control and immigration reform and the passing of an american icon. >>> and one of the biggest adrenaline rushes anywhere. very good morning. we start with a hostage standoff in alabama involving a 5-year-old boy and a suspected killer. a police source close to the investigation described him as a 6 a-year-old jimmy lee dike. they are holed up in a tornado bunker. officials have been able to get merchandi medicine to the boy but they are not saying much more. this started tuesday. the man shot and killed the driver and took the young boy hostage. more details as they emerge. >>> a storm system raked its way across the southeast wednesday and is now making its way north. two people lost their lives in georgia and tennessee. many lost their homes. tens of thousands were left without power. nbc's kurt gregory has more for us. >> reporter: wicked winds whipped through charlotte, north carolina, as rain drenched the queen city. part of a nasty storm system marching across the southeast on wednesday. that same system spawned a massive funnel cloud in
. >>> president obama pushes hard on gun control and immigration reform and the passing of an american icon. >>> and one of the biggest adrenaline rushes anywhere. very good morning. we start with a hostage standoff in alabama involving a 5-year-old boy and a suspected killer. a police source close to the investigation described him as a 6 a-year-old jimmy lee dike. they are holed up in a tornado bunker. officials have been able to get merchandi medicine to the boy but they...
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why is the white house waiting when president obama said this is a red line? the answer is that properly, as you were stressing, he wants to be sure of the evidence and, also, to be sure he can take it to the u.n. and international forums to have legitimacy for whatever the u.s. does. the bottom line for the u.s. continues to be trying to get the russians onboard in a negotiated settlement that will require the most solid evidence that they have crossed not just obama's red line but vladimir putin's as well. >> here is the president's spokesperson today. let's listen to this. >> knowing that potentially chemical weapons have been used inside of syria doesn't tell us when they were used, how they were used, obtaining confirmation and strong evidence. all of those things we have it to make sure that we work on with the international community. i've been very clear publicly but also private ly that for th syrian government to utilize chemical weapons on its people crosses a line that will change my calculus and how the united states approaches these issues. so th
why is the white house waiting when president obama said this is a red line? the answer is that properly, as you were stressing, he wants to be sure of the evidence and, also, to be sure he can take it to the u.n. and international forums to have legitimacy for whatever the u.s. does. the bottom line for the u.s. continues to be trying to get the russians onboard in a negotiated settlement that will require the most solid evidence that they have crossed not just obama's red line but vladimir...
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the pairing that was obama and clinton, what do you think of the pairing that will be obama and kerry? >> it's an impressive team. both know a lot about foreign policy. the choice of europe and the mideast are important for symbolic reasons. some europeans felt that the obama administration paid too much attention to asia. this trip signals that nato is an enduring partnership for us and going to the mideast, you have so many crisis that they need to deal with from syria to iran to continued troubles in egypt and iraq. it makes sense to start here. i think that what the world is looking for for the united states is leadership. they are looking for an outward-leaning america, not trying to drawback into our borders as the far right or even the far left would have us do. secretary kerry you have a convincing and convinced international which is a great strength. >> based on that, the pivot to asia is in the confirmation hearings and he said i'm not convinced that a ramp up in the asia-pacific area is critical yet. that is something i want to look at very carefully. when you hear that an
the pairing that was obama and clinton, what do you think of the pairing that will be obama and kerry? >> it's an impressive team. both know a lot about foreign policy. the choice of europe and the mideast are important for symbolic reasons. some europeans felt that the obama administration paid too much attention to asia. this trip signals that nato is an enduring partnership for us and going to the mideast, you have so many crisis that they need to deal with from syria to iran to...
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president obama deserve some credit for it that one? >> well, i think that there is credit to go around and also, luke, i have to tell you, talking to so much business owners here in tennessee, they were pleased to see that we stuck to the point of letting the sequester take place and beginning to cut across the board, make cuts in this discretionary spending. >> well, that doesn't have anything to do with luke's very pressing question. it was about today's news, what do you make of the day's news. her answer was i don't have anything to say about the news. but you were getting to it, does the fact that things look a little brighter than they were, although i have to tell you, we have been rounding at 8% now for 14 months. for all the jubilation, it hasn't gotten marginally greater. still around 8% and the question i have to ask, bernanke says he'll stop pumping money into the economy when we get to 6%. when are the republicans going to say good show? please let us know what number will make you quiet down and say this guy may have it.
president obama deserve some credit for it that one? >> well, i think that there is credit to go around and also, luke, i have to tell you, talking to so much business owners here in tennessee, they were pleased to see that we stuck to the point of letting the sequester take place and beginning to cut across the board, make cuts in this discretionary spending. >> well, that doesn't have anything to do with luke's very pressing question. it was about today's news, what do you make of...
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they attacked an imagined obama. had they attacked the real obama, then they might get somewhere. let me say one more thing about reagan. can you imagine if obama funneled arms to iran? what would the right do? >> probably start impeachment. >> probably start impeachment. but that's what reagan did. >> the fact is that after what president obama has done has really gained the support of the american public, which is also a part of the problem the right has with him. 53% of people polled support same-sex marriage chbl. 62% support a path to citizenship for imgrants. 80% say clie may mat change is serious threat. so it's not only the president's doctrine, it's the popularity of his doctrine that is driving them crazy. >> i think that's -- i think that is true, but i think if you look at who is in the gop now, particular lif the house republican caucus, they have so specifically redrawn their own districts that there is almost nobody who disagrees with them in their districts. but you broaden that out to somebody maybe on the other side of their district, and certainly, the american
they attacked an imagined obama. had they attacked the real obama, then they might get somewhere. let me say one more thing about reagan. can you imagine if obama funneled arms to iran? what would the right do? >> probably start impeachment. >> probably start impeachment. but that's what reagan did. >> the fact is that after what president obama has done has really gained the support of the american public, which is also a part of the problem the right has with him. 53% of...
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the president obama felt the uncertainty of is arian military action was too great of a risk. however, other countries in the region led by the arab league have come out with a statement and resolution, calling on the international community, to consider punitive measures against the government for using chemical weapons. the arab league has remain defiant and steadfast that it wants a resolution, for the international community to possible use force. veronica. >> ayman, thank you. >>> more falsified statements in the naval sexual assault cases. all three men said they saw the woman at the party. they're charged with sexual assault. the hearing will determine if the three men will face a court-martial. >>> today's the final day of the music festival was canceled after two people died. it has been held on labor day weekend since 2009. police say overdoses of the drug, mdma, known as molly, may be the cause. three suspected overdoses at a concert in boston over the weekend. >>> firefighters gained a foothold over the two-week-old rim fire in owe semitooe. the fourth largest in c
the president obama felt the uncertainty of is arian military action was too great of a risk. however, other countries in the region led by the arab league have come out with a statement and resolution, calling on the international community, to consider punitive measures against the government for using chemical weapons. the arab league has remain defiant and steadfast that it wants a resolution, for the international community to possible use force. veronica. >> ayman, thank you....
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president obama won 60% of the youth vote in 2012. what makes this so stunning, the committee did the work and plopped down an investment for an in depth, commissioned study of 800 registered voters under 30 and focus groups and our focus on taxation and business issues left many thinking they will only reap the benefits of the republican policies if they become wealthy or rise to the top of the business. we will pat you on the back if you make it, but we won't offer you a hand to get there. that is a largely accurate assessment. 54% said taxes should go up on the wealthy as opposed to 3% who think they should be cut for the wealthy. >> in other words, that's not a branding problem. it gets worse. latino voters tend to think the gop couldn't care less about them. when asked what words came to mind about the republican party, close-minded,eratesist, rigid, old-fashioned. they don't need an old paint rather than a rehab. the national chair of the college and in the beginning of this report, you talk about three sets of theories about wh
president obama won 60% of the youth vote in 2012. what makes this so stunning, the committee did the work and plopped down an investment for an in depth, commissioned study of 800 registered voters under 30 and focus groups and our focus on taxation and business issues left many thinking they will only reap the benefits of the republican policies if they become wealthy or rise to the top of the business. we will pat you on the back if you make it, but we won't offer you a hand to get there....
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, unlike obama's tenure, there was no successful attack on the homeland after 9/11. if you don't count the biggest terrorist attack ever in the history of terrorist attacks on american soil that took place on george bush's watch, then there is still the anthrax attack of 2001, which remain unsolved to this day. maybe those also fall under this mysterious first year immunity rule bush apologists like us to operate on when it comes to evaluating george bush's record on terrorism. when it comes to the economy, they would like you to forget george w. bush was still at the wheel in the back half of the crisis. and for his 7 1/2 years of job growth and prosperity. 7 1/2 years, not quite how long he was in office. she is not lying about his presidency, just carefully editing out the bad parts. there is another sector talking about his image. by his own former staffers and loyalists might be the most damming part of his presidency yet. not that he made the right decisions, but that he made decisions, and that is what made him a good president. >> you go to the museum and you
, unlike obama's tenure, there was no successful attack on the homeland after 9/11. if you don't count the biggest terrorist attack ever in the history of terrorist attacks on american soil that took place on george bush's watch, then there is still the anthrax attack of 2001, which remain unsolved to this day. maybe those also fall under this mysterious first year immunity rule bush apologists like us to operate on when it comes to evaluating george bush's record on terrorism. when it comes to...
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under obama, it has been negative. if obama is a socialist he is terrible at it. here is the interesting thing, if the economy is shrinking because the economy is shrink, we now added new jobs, almost 200,000 jobs in december. and we added more than 150,000 jobs in january. what is amazing about this, this period was fiscal cliff element, it was what everybody was saying the economy really needed was deficit reduction. and this is a period in which we didn't come to a big deficit reduction deal. what we did is raise taxes. it cut the deficit a bit, but not a big deal. what happened to the markets? somehow we kept adding jobs and the stock market did really well. it all worked out reasonably okay. so here is what we learned. cutting government spending hurts economic growth. no doubt about it. that means doing it in a bad economy may not be such a good idea. but increasing taxes a bit, not coming to the big deficit deal. the private sector and even the markets don't seem all that concerned. the last week should cause a lot of people in washington to re-think what t
under obama, it has been negative. if obama is a socialist he is terrible at it. here is the interesting thing, if the economy is shrinking because the economy is shrink, we now added new jobs, almost 200,000 jobs in december. and we added more than 150,000 jobs in january. what is amazing about this, this period was fiscal cliff element, it was what everybody was saying the economy really needed was deficit reduction. and this is a period in which we didn't come to a big deficit reduction...
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of course, president obama reiterating his stance. he's not going to negotiate on that point, and, of course, just around the corner, the debt ceiling debate. if the nation defaults, if we have a shutdown, these twin fiscal problems would be hugely catastrophic. so president obama coming out this afternoon with those headlines. back to you. >> all right. thank you, kristen welker. let's toss it to martin bashir at a moment when the president is rejecting what he says as potential changes to the constitutional structure of this country. martin bashir, i'm sure you're going to have a lot to say about that. >> thank you,tory. good afternoon. friday, september the 27th and the president has just delivered a stern message to the speaker. this political grandstanding has real effects on real americans. ♪ the affordable care act is here. >> obamacare is the law. >> they have tried to put up every conceivable roadblock. >> they are more than happy to see the government shut
of course, president obama reiterating his stance. he's not going to negotiate on that point, and, of course, just around the corner, the debt ceiling debate. if the nation defaults, if we have a shutdown, these twin fiscal problems would be hugely catastrophic. so president obama coming out this afternoon with those headlines. back to you. >> all right. thank you, kristen welker. let's toss it to martin bashir at a moment when the president is rejecting what he says as potential changes...
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&kind of push back against obama. at this stage of the game, he's not going to make a strong stand. >> now, nia merks alquia and former speaker was on "face the nation. and she said she would use the 14th amendment to avoid a shut down. listen to h. >> if i were president, i would use the 14th amendment that says -- >> you would just go ahead and do it. >> okay. right. >> what do you think the american public has been supportive of the president so far. what do you think they would do is the president just said i'm going to use the 14th amendment. and 57% say the pthd got more than what he wanted. >> you know, i'm not sure how the public will react. he's not going to ha lewisuate at all over this. he's probably going to have to move. as things go forward, oh, he does think that he's going to use this 14th amendment. i think um have lots 06 democrats and fro greszives and liberals safing they should invoke that 14 amendment laws. >>> i think they're worried about the optics. again, a lot of blustering and brink ship go
&kind of push back against obama. at this stage of the game, he's not going to make a strong stand. >> now, nia merks alquia and former speaker was on "face the nation. and she said she would use the 14th amendment to avoid a shut down. listen to h. >> if i were president, i would use the 14th amendment that says -- >> you would just go ahead and do it. >> okay. right. >> what do you think the american public has been supportive of the president so far....
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right now, that president is obama. tomorrow, mccain will take part in an event hosted by the afl-cio and he's going to present his case for why citizenship is an important combo nent of any immigration bill. even organizers call his participation improbable. it's just the latest alliance between the arizona senator and the white house these days after moving to the right to protect himself from a 20 10 primary challenger, mccain has transformed himself to thorn in the side to half of a very odd washington couple these days. mccain met with the president and senator linbehin lindsey gr the white house to talk sequestration. in march, he joined the gop to a caucus of common sense to a private dinner with the president. mccain was criticizing his own party for refusing to go to conference with democrats on the budget. then two weeks ago he broke with the compromise to avoid the nuclear option. majority leader harry reid said no one would have been able to break through but for him. mccain praised the president's speech on
right now, that president is obama. tomorrow, mccain will take part in an event hosted by the afl-cio and he's going to present his case for why citizenship is an important combo nent of any immigration bill. even organizers call his participation improbable. it's just the latest alliance between the arizona senator and the white house these days after moving to the right to protect himself from a 20 10 primary challenger, mccain has transformed himself to thorn in the side to half of a very...
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take a listen. >> an obama plan, led and driven by obama in this atmosphere, with the level of hostility towards the president and the way he gods the hostility i think is very imagine -- his goal is going to pass the house. >> if the president proposes legislation, do you think it will fail? >> of course. of course it will. and that's why we are working together, republicans and democrats. >> so for no other reason, we started out with newt, we finished with john mccain just saying of course it will fail. with no other explanation given, other than because it's from president -- of course it's going to fail. it's just ridiculous. >> well, there's another aspect of this that occurred to me while i've been sitting and listening to the commentary and to the public officials who have weighed in. thomas, you and i would probably address this subject in a different context, if he hadn't brought forth a plan. because then the criticism would be, can you imagine this president? he's yet to even give us a plan for immigration. he's dammed if he is it, and he's dammed if he doesn't. >> no, it's a
take a listen. >> an obama plan, led and driven by obama in this atmosphere, with the level of hostility towards the president and the way he gods the hostility i think is very imagine -- his goal is going to pass the house. >> if the president proposes legislation, do you think it will fail? >> of course. of course it will. and that's why we are working together, republicans and democrats. >> so for no other reason, we started out with newt, we finished with john mccain...
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barack obama had a hard time with that. he doesn't like the back slapping that's required in politics. it's something the public admires in him and one reason why he is so popular generally with the public, that he is seen with a man with a lot of self-confidence and comfortable in his own skin. in this town, any political environment, you have to get to know the other side and empathize with them. it's not one of his greatest ranks so far. >> you point that out today in your piece, learning how to smooz could be a difference between a good and great presidency for president obama. who f how do you think he's doing so far? >> it's a struggle for him. we saw with the negotiations with republicans specifically speaker boehner, granted the republicans aren't giving an inch and they are very hard-headed and aren't willing to accommodate. but past presidents have had just as tough if not tougher rivals to go up against. instead of running towards boehner and running towards his enemies up on the hill getting to know him. the sma
barack obama had a hard time with that. he doesn't like the back slapping that's required in politics. it's something the public admires in him and one reason why he is so popular generally with the public, that he is seen with a man with a lot of self-confidence and comfortable in his own skin. in this town, any political environment, you have to get to know the other side and empathize with them. it's not one of his greatest ranks so far. >> you point that out today in your piece,...
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we need to send barack obama back to chicago. i would like to send him back to kenya. [ applause ] >> that was at a north texas tea party event about two months before mitt romney lost the presidential election and of course it was long after president obama had produced his birth certificate showing that unlike either raphael cruz, sr., or junior, he was actually born in the united states. joining me now are msnbc political analyst steve schmidt, senior adviser on the mccain '08 campaign and joy reid, nbc contributor. this latest video about him wanting to send president obama as he puts it back to kenya was pulled out today. it's been around. they highlighted it. and then the senator put out a statement saying he doesn't -- his father doesn't speak for him. >> it's so precious when the guy whose son was born in canada does birther jokes. that's adorable. it highlights without the media officially there kind of the way conservatives are talking amongst themselves. and that really is the problem. the problem is even with the 47%
we need to send barack obama back to chicago. i would like to send him back to kenya. [ applause ] >> that was at a north texas tea party event about two months before mitt romney lost the presidential election and of course it was long after president obama had produced his birth certificate showing that unlike either raphael cruz, sr., or junior, he was actually born in the united states. joining me now are msnbc political analyst steve schmidt, senior adviser on the mccain '08 campaign...
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it's not barack obama. it's you. you would think talking up improvement in the economy and your participation would be a good thing to do, but they another doing it. it's now soweight weighted on te of barack obama. if that hasn't changed enough for republicans to get the memo that maybe it would be good politics for them to maybe start saying the economy is getting better. the other is they agreed to raise taxes in january. that was a painful thing for them to do. >> for the top 1%. >> barely. exactly. we always raised taxes on everybody. >> nobody argues about that unfortunately. >> exactly. but they don't want to admit that in a slightly higher tax market jobs are being created. >> let me go to michael. there are a couple of shots taken at the president. it's like etch a sketch again. one-sixth of 1%. high interest rates. the they're so low, you can borough if you've got the collateral. i think his tonians are doing already and other countries but it's not generally the rule that that's working right now. >> no. e
it's not barack obama. it's you. you would think talking up improvement in the economy and your participation would be a good thing to do, but they another doing it. it's now soweight weighted on te of barack obama. if that hasn't changed enough for republicans to get the memo that maybe it would be good politics for them to maybe start saying the economy is getting better. the other is they agreed to raise taxes in january. that was a painful thing for them to do. >> for the top 1%....
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did he think obama was weak in the knees and if he pushed hard, obama would give a piece of obama care back? or did he want something that would all explode and everybody would be jumping around like it has happened? what was he planning? >> i have no idea. look, i think people are starting to wonder, you know, number one, did they overestimate? he seems like a really clever guy, but this never made sense. this never made one iota of sense that president obama would voluntarily renounce his biggest legislative accomplishment. something democrats have been trying to do since harry truman. it was never going to happen. >> let's figure why he made the mistake. it's smart to learn. i'm going to go back to chip on this question. you know, back in the '60 campaign nixon thought he could carry the south because all the business guys out there, business guys with some money in their pockets were all downtown atlanta that day. and he got the idea because they're applauding him, i'm going to carry georgia. i'm going to break this solid south. he didn't. he was misled by leading indicators. was c
did he think obama was weak in the knees and if he pushed hard, obama would give a piece of obama care back? or did he want something that would all explode and everybody would be jumping around like it has happened? what was he planning? >> i have no idea. look, i think people are starting to wonder, you know, number one, did they overestimate? he seems like a really clever guy, but this never made sense. this never made one iota of sense that president obama would voluntarily renounce...
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this is a lot better than obama care. all right? which is fine, because we -- you know, i don't have pride authorship on this. i just want this to work. >> we're back. ezra klein, the president thought a lot more states were going to do what kentucky did. what happened? >> in the original house democratic bill, people forget this, it was one exchange to rule them all. it was a senate bill, and in part because of republican governors and democratic governors coming and saying, look, we want to have control over this. we know our states, we know our people, we know how to work on the ground, it will be better this way. so, this is a concession the democrats thought they were making in part to republican governors to sort of get their participation in the bill. when they did that, they put in this backstop, that if a state for some reason, they had a big mess-up, that it just didn't work out for them, they didn't get their act together in time, the federal government could run the exchange. they thought at the time they would do this w
this is a lot better than obama care. all right? which is fine, because we -- you know, i don't have pride authorship on this. i just want this to work. >> we're back. ezra klein, the president thought a lot more states were going to do what kentucky did. what happened? >> in the original house democratic bill, people forget this, it was one exchange to rule them all. it was a senate bill, and in part because of republican governors and democratic governors coming and saying, look,...
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new word from president obama, taking on the gop on the right. and the president arrived in florida last night for the weekend, but not before his weekend address. time to finish the job by cutting the deficit $4 billion. >> you can make bigger cuts to education and job training and social security benefits. senior citizens and working families to bear the burden of deficit reduction, while the wealthiest are asked to do nothing more. >> that won't work, we can't cut our way to prosperity. >> republicans aren't holding back, criticizing the president over the upcoming threat of sequestration, if nothing is done to avoid it, massive funding cuts to the federal government will be triggered march 1st. >> in his state of the union address, these cuts were a really bad idea. what the president failed to mention was that the sequester was his idea proposed by his administration, and the debt limit negotiations in 2011. and now we in the house on behalf of our constituents are calling on the president to join us in replacing the sequester with better, m
new word from president obama, taking on the gop on the right. and the president arrived in florida last night for the weekend, but not before his weekend address. time to finish the job by cutting the deficit $4 billion. >> you can make bigger cuts to education and job training and social security benefits. senior citizens and working families to bear the burden of deficit reduction, while the wealthiest are asked to do nothing more. >> that won't work, we can't cut our way to...
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obama has been very careful. he hasn't just said chemical weapons use, he said a whole bunch of weapons, maybe in a systematic way. that is way and it is basically, look, this is a humanitarian catastrophe. you have 70,000 dead. >> so you guys have both been in the region a lot. let me just say, as someone who is not an expert in the region who has not been there, watching all this unfold, reading it, my reaction is to be torn, is to be torn about the prospect of u.s. intervention, absolutely horrified by the brutality of very clearly documented brutality by the assad forces against civilians, massacres, just awful stuff, right? but to read the calls for intervention right now, it just seems to me crazy. it seems like are you out of your mind? have you not lived through the last ten years of the u.s. and the region? i want you to explain to me if i'm crazy to read these calls for intervention and think these people are nuts. >> you're right. you're absolutely right. options are bad from both sides. not that you h
obama has been very careful. he hasn't just said chemical weapons use, he said a whole bunch of weapons, maybe in a systematic way. that is way and it is basically, look, this is a humanitarian catastrophe. you have 70,000 dead. >> so you guys have both been in the region a lot. let me just say, as someone who is not an expert in the region who has not been there, watching all this unfold, reading it, my reaction is to be torn, is to be torn about the prospect of u.s. intervention,...
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as president obama said last week. for example, north korea with its massive stockpile of chemical weapons, threatens our treaty ally the republic of korea. directly threatens the 28,000 -- >> and so the defense secretary and the secretary of state perhaps previewing what we'll hear from the president tonight. making a forceful and passionate argument for why the united states would consider military intervention in syria. three key points here that we want to make this decision because it affects america's security, because it affects our troops and because it affects stability in the region. fascinating that even as secretary of state john kerry was saying that, we learned that the senate leader, mitch mcconnell, said he planned to vote no, because he believes a vital national security risk is clearly not in play. i want to bring back "the new york times" nick christoph and joining us as well, danielle gibbs lachair. and robert chainham, senior bush/cheney adviser. let's talk about the last hour or so. to bring you u
as president obama said last week. for example, north korea with its massive stockpile of chemical weapons, threatens our treaty ally the republic of korea. directly threatens the 28,000 -- >> and so the defense secretary and the secretary of state perhaps previewing what we'll hear from the president tonight. making a forceful and passionate argument for why the united states would consider military intervention in syria. three key points here that we want to make this decision because...
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the obama administration over the last four years has been very pro offshore drilling. they have sought to expand drilling wherever they can. but on this sensitive issue of drilling in the arctic, the obama administration gave the green light, very specifically, the only permits they handed out to start drilling in the arctic were to one particular oil company, to shell oil. shell was thought to be the gold standard, shell supposedly had the best track record of doing stuff that nobody else was able to do. so if anybody can drill the arctic, shell can. so shell's the company that got the permits and then this is what happened. shell sent two rigs up there to start drilling, one of them ended up under criminal investigation, ended up being detained in port after the coast guard boarded it and noticed more than a dozen potential safety violations, one of the two rigs. and the other one ended up beached on an island. shell was in the middle of trying to tow that rig from alaska to seattle when it encountered a very terrible winter storm, ran into 30 foot seas and 50 knot w
the obama administration over the last four years has been very pro offshore drilling. they have sought to expand drilling wherever they can. but on this sensitive issue of drilling in the arctic, the obama administration gave the green light, very specifically, the only permits they handed out to start drilling in the arctic were to one particular oil company, to shell oil. shell was thought to be the gold standard, shell supposedly had the best track record of doing stuff that nobody else was...
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for obama care. >> there you go. i love that enthusiasm. >> because now that i've got free health care, i can get sick all the time. >> i had this friend. well, he got sick. like cancer sick. because there wasn't obama care, he couldn't afford the treatments, so he was like backed into a corner. you know what i mean? >> and keep in mind, this man was a teacher with a family. >> he was. he was. so he did what any of us would have done, he started cooking meth. >> i think we can probably wrap this up. from new mexico. >> do you want to know what happened to my friend? >> no. what if we could keep enough plastic waste to cover mt. rainier out of landfills each year? by using one less trash bag each month, we can. and glad forceflex bags stretch until they're full.* so you can take them out less often. still running in the morning? yeah. getting your vegetables every day? when i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. two full servings of vegetables for only 50 delicious calories. i have a big meeting when we
for obama care. >> there you go. i love that enthusiasm. >> because now that i've got free health care, i can get sick all the time. >> i had this friend. well, he got sick. like cancer sick. because there wasn't obama care, he couldn't afford the treatments, so he was like backed into a corner. you know what i mean? >> and keep in mind, this man was a teacher with a family. >> he was. he was. so he did what any of us would have done, he started cooking meth....
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, but in the middle of that mccain-obama campaign he went to the war zones along side barack obama. it was an implicit endorsement. his wife did endorse obama in that campaign. politics are personal. jim, there's some concern by some that assuming that chuck hagel gets confirmed he will be a weaker secretary of defense within the cabinet, that policy will be run even more so out of the white house, out of the nsc because he has gone through this process, and doesn't have a strong political base himself within the administration. >> well, you know, that was the rap against william cohen. if you remember, a republican who served under the president -- democratic administration of president clinton. now, if people here in the building say, look, you know, chuck hagel would be fine for us, including military uniformed service members because they understand, as you just pointed out, that the white house is going to be pulling the strings, turning the screws no matter who is the secretary of defenses. republican or democrat. i do want to set the record straight a little bit on this debat
, but in the middle of that mccain-obama campaign he went to the war zones along side barack obama. it was an implicit endorsement. his wife did endorse obama in that campaign. politics are personal. jim, there's some concern by some that assuming that chuck hagel gets confirmed he will be a weaker secretary of defense within the cabinet, that policy will be run even more so out of the white house, out of the nsc because he has gone through this process, and doesn't have a strong political base...
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so that was a major achievement by president obama. just as he left israel. >> martin research inner from tel aviv, thank you. >>> joining me now for a little more on this key trip, former state department official p.j. crowley. always good to see you. the president just announced he will be working with congress to provide roughly $200 million in humanitarian aid to jordan. but privately, what else do you think the jordanians will be asking of this administration in regard to syria? i think on both sides, the real question is the perspective from the president from them as to what is the probability or potential that what's happening inside of syria emanates beyond its borders. obviously jordan has shouldered a significant burden with more than 400,000 refugees that have flowed into jordan. there is a similar burden experienced in lebanon and turkey. and the conflict has crept ever more closely to the syrian/israeli border with fighting now in the golan heights. i think the most valuable peace of this in terms of syria is just the pre
so that was a major achievement by president obama. just as he left israel. >> martin research inner from tel aviv, thank you. >>> joining me now for a little more on this key trip, former state department official p.j. crowley. always good to see you. the president just announced he will be working with congress to provide roughly $200 million in humanitarian aid to jordan. but privately, what else do you think the jordanians will be asking of this administration in regard to...
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he went on a trip during that campaign with senator obama. it just reinforces the disconnect between what's happening here in washington, d.c. and the rest of the world. >> you also got, carly fiorina, the fact the president is up against a republican party with a lot of different divisions here. you know, senator mccain took on senator cruz this weeks, went after hagel, here is what harry reid said, the majority out of leader in the senate, what about this who filibuster process. >> i guess to be able to run for senate as a republican most place of the country, you need to have a resume that says i helped filibuster one of the president's nominees. >> what about it? >> first, i have to respectfully disagree with the lieutenant governor because he left out a couple of key facts. key fact number one, the sequester was created by the obama administration. so people are frustrated because you have a set of politicians on both sides unwilling to deal with something they created because it was a way for them to kick the can down the road. secondly
he went on a trip during that campaign with senator obama. it just reinforces the disconnect between what's happening here in washington, d.c. and the rest of the world. >> you also got, carly fiorina, the fact the president is up against a republican party with a lot of different divisions here. you know, senator mccain took on senator cruz this weeks, went after hagel, here is what harry reid said, the majority out of leader in the senate, what about this who filibuster process....
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right now two-thirds of obama's team are baby boomers. history shows cabinet choices have lasting effects, madeleine albright's nomination was followed by 15 years of diverse secretaries of state. farther back, president lincoln's cabinet strategy as doris concerns goodwin's book describes, the ideal lives on. and how the choices are also about the future face of diversity at the highest levels of american political power. >> we'll continue to watch. >> it's early though, right. >> that's going to wrap up this hour. i'm chris jansing, thomas roberts is up next. >>> our agenda next hour, the republican neocons opposing chuck hagel are not just stopping with him but setting their sights on the nominee for cia director john brennan, why lindsay graham and others are threatening to block the nomination as well. plus i'll speak with chief hagel defender about the president's plan to get hagel through a brutal nomination. this developing news out of ohio, a town at the center of a sensational rape case on lockdown as lawyers for the two accused
right now two-thirds of obama's team are baby boomers. history shows cabinet choices have lasting effects, madeleine albright's nomination was followed by 15 years of diverse secretaries of state. farther back, president lincoln's cabinet strategy as doris concerns goodwin's book describes, the ideal lives on. and how the choices are also about the future face of diversity at the highest levels of american political power. >> we'll continue to watch. >> it's early though, right....
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lost big, to president obama. in the wake of that loss, the republican national committee commissioned a sort of autopsy, an examination of what went wrong during the election and what the party needed to do to stop losing all these national elections and yeah, there was some process stuff. they were going to do more outreach. get themselves structured better. have better computer systems. a lot of that kind of stuff, process stuff. but the one policy prescription the republican party had for itself, the one policy idea, the one policy must was that republicans must find a way to support immigration reform. that's what the republican party told itself after losing the last election. they must find a way to say yes to immigration reform. and republicans in the senate, enough of them at least, agreed. 14 republican senators voted with the democrats when the senate passed immigration reform back in june. it was bipartisan. a bunch of republicans signed on, including some that are going to be running for president. so
lost big, to president obama. in the wake of that loss, the republican national committee commissioned a sort of autopsy, an examination of what went wrong during the election and what the party needed to do to stop losing all these national elections and yeah, there was some process stuff. they were going to do more outreach. get themselves structured better. have better computer systems. a lot of that kind of stuff, process stuff. but the one policy prescription the republican party had for...
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kerry's job i think will be to serve obama's legacy, and he is going to have to work within an obama system that four years in is fairly well defined. the big issues are run out of the white house. they're run by a small group of people around the president, but it will be interesting to see how kerry changes the mix a bit. for example, you were just talking about hillary clinton and women's issues. kerry has been a leader on climate issues. will he be able to tip the scales a little bit in that direction and actually build on what the president said in his inaugural address about making climate a priority? >> kerry has said he wants to focus on the middle east, and that has been a deficit in terms of the israeli-palestinian track. certainly, i mean, the arab spring made it much more difficult, much more complicated, but some would argue made it more necessary. >> well, yeah. the middle east is also one of the drains that can suck all the oxygen out of the room. you know, you could get involved in it and get sucked down all these different kind of rabbit holes that exist in the middl
kerry's job i think will be to serve obama's legacy, and he is going to have to work within an obama system that four years in is fairly well defined. the big issues are run out of the white house. they're run by a small group of people around the president, but it will be interesting to see how kerry changes the mix a bit. for example, you were just talking about hillary clinton and women's issues. kerry has been a leader on climate issues. will he be able to tip the scales a little bit in...
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not now, not ever. >> oh, do they hate obama care in south carolina. so much so that conservative lawmakers right now right there are rushing to beat the clock this week to try and make sure the state senate passes a law which the state house has already passed by an overwhelming margin that would make south carolina the first state in the country to essentially nullify the affordable care act. all right. the bill would prohibit any state business or employees from assisting any agency in the enforcement of those provisions of the patient protection and affordable care act of 2010. or in other words, the attorney general would be allowed to sue any business or health insurer if he has reasonable cause to believe a person or business is being harmed by implementation of obama care. that means that those obeying federal law could find themselves in possible violation of state law. governor nikki haley who hasn't been shy refused to say today if she would sign the bill if it reached her desk. if you know something about the palmetto state, then you know t
not now, not ever. >> oh, do they hate obama care in south carolina. so much so that conservative lawmakers right now right there are rushing to beat the clock this week to try and make sure the state senate passes a law which the state house has already passed by an overwhelming margin that would make south carolina the first state in the country to essentially nullify the affordable care act. all right. the bill would prohibit any state business or employees from assisting any agency in...
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changed a lot based on obama care. jim cramer is worked. i talked to larger ceos, some don't like it but it's not going to stop them. they are going to hire people and hire people with health insurance and those people's lives will be better and cost will go down. i don't think the argument that it is a giant threat to economy holds a lot of water when you don't have a lot of evidence to back it up. maybe a few months down the line companies will start complaining about it and tweak it more, but right now i see it as a talking point not on anything based on real evidence. >> ben, looking forward to the debt ceiling, you said the shutdown doesn't have a huge day to day impact, so you can understand why the markets aren't plummeting. are they discounting likelihood of a possibility of a debt ceiling -- debt default that really would have catastrophic consequences? >> i think there is a misunderstanding between wall street and washington on this. there is an understandably general sense that these crises are always resolv
changed a lot based on obama care. jim cramer is worked. i talked to larger ceos, some don't like it but it's not going to stop them. they are going to hire people and hire people with health insurance and those people's lives will be better and cost will go down. i don't think the argument that it is a giant threat to economy holds a lot of water when you don't have a lot of evidence to back it up. maybe a few months down the line companies will start complaining about it and tweak it more,...
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president obama meets with nato secretary-general today as the u.s. grapples with how to respond to the ongoing civil war. tracie potts joins us live from washington with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this morning there is news from syria's president that missiles from russia that had been contracted and promised three years ago are now in the process of being delivered. in fact, he says the first shipment is already there. the state department can't confirm this, but if, in fact, that's the case, it escalates the situation and raises more questions about whether or not the u.s. should be arming the other side, the opposition, that's what john mccain has said. monday when he went on a secret mission into syria, he met with the opposition there. today, in washington, president obama meeting with the secretary-general of nato. they're trying to get both sides to sit down together at a table and talk peace. next week in geneva, the u.s. and some of its allies are meeting to try to push that forward. russia says the u.s. should forg
president obama meets with nato secretary-general today as the u.s. grapples with how to respond to the ongoing civil war. tracie potts joins us live from washington with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this morning there is news from syria's president that missiles from russia that had been contracted and promised three years ago are now in the process of being delivered. in fact, he says the first shipment is already there. the state department can't confirm this,...
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since that, the part-time obama care has actually trended downward, the notion that obama care is causing part-time work is simply not the data. joining me now on the eve of its full implementation is washington post columnist, ezra klein. can we start with this labor, job killing program? you get the fact it is killing jobs, responsible for slow job growth in the recovery, and also pushing people into part-time work. is there any reason to look at the data and think it was a true hypothesis. >> it would be remarkable if the market anticipated obama care and shed those jobs. it did not kill jobs, it is not even working at the moment. it doesn't not begin to deliver insurance until january first. the one part that was legitimate is this idea that there is a rule on employers who have more than 50 employees who work more than 30 hours a week, they have to offer health insurance. and if they don't, they have to pay a penalty. that is fine for most of them. most offer health insurance already. but for those who it is not, they may push employees into part-time work so they don't count as havi
since that, the part-time obama care has actually trended downward, the notion that obama care is causing part-time work is simply not the data. joining me now on the eve of its full implementation is washington post columnist, ezra klein. can we start with this labor, job killing program? you get the fact it is killing jobs, responsible for slow job growth in the recovery, and also pushing people into part-time work. is there any reason to look at the data and think it was a true hypothesis....
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the obama administration announced they would keep the george w. bush military tribunals going. when new jersey governor chris christie decided to veto the 50 caliber gun ban that he suggested it announced it late in the day on a friday. this is how they do it. friday news dumps make the news business the the only business in america where the time you are happiest to go to work is friday night because of all the junk they do on friday night they hope nobody will notice. they let fly an epic friday news dump. one that, in fact, may really be the legacy of this entire congress. as you know, this congress has no record of having passed anything at all. and i don't see that as an epithet. they have passed no significant legislation since they have been in session at all, all year long. nothing. they didn't shut down the government. they did almost make the government default. that's like counting errors instead of runs. in terms of actually accomplishing anything, they have done nothing. the one thing they have just announced they are not even going to try. a year ago this week mit
the obama administration announced they would keep the george w. bush military tribunals going. when new jersey governor chris christie decided to veto the 50 caliber gun ban that he suggested it announced it late in the day on a friday. this is how they do it. friday news dumps make the news business the the only business in america where the time you are happiest to go to work is friday night because of all the junk they do on friday night they hope nobody will notice. they let fly an epic...
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president obama has said that again and again. now, it's too early to tell whether or not these efforts will succeed. but the technical challenges of trying to do this in thcontext e civil war are immense. despite how difficult, with the collaboration of our experts, and only with the compliance from the assad regime, we do believe there is a way to get this done. we have come here to define a potential path forward that we can share with our international partners. together we will test the assad's regime's commitment to follow through on its promises. we are serious -- mr. foreign minister, we are serious, as you are, about engaging in substantive, meaningful negotiations even as our military maintains its current posture to keep up the pressure on the assad regime. only the credible threat of force and the intervention of president putin and russia based on that has brought the assad regime to acknowledge for the first time that it even has chemical weapons and an arsenal and that it is now prepared to relinquish it. president
president obama has said that again and again. now, it's too early to tell whether or not these efforts will succeed. but the technical challenges of trying to do this in thcontext e civil war are immense. despite how difficult, with the collaboration of our experts, and only with the compliance from the assad regime, we do believe there is a way to get this done. we have come here to define a potential path forward that we can share with our international partners. together we will test the...
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but they don't like obama. in fact, many of them hate obama. the other half is dovish but they don't like war. so where are these people who are for brsk and want this active war to be committed because that seems to be a narrow middle and that seems to be the president's problem if there is say middle. >> well, it's interesting to see the dynamics, chris. during those interviews yesterday, the center was simple let tick to the president by and large. but the farther you got out to the wings of both parties as you went down the rows there, the more skeptical people became. and that's true in the country as a whole. and i interview secretary of state kerry for huffington post. he's at ground zero while the president's away at the summit. john kerry, former senators having to deal with the fears and angst of democratic members who are coming to him and saying, assure me that we're not going to get into a quagmire here. my constituents don't want another quagmire. and kerry's whole message is, this is about chemical weapons, it's not about a civil
but they don't like obama. in fact, many of them hate obama. the other half is dovish but they don't like war. so where are these people who are for brsk and want this active war to be committed because that seems to be a narrow middle and that seems to be the president's problem if there is say middle. >> well, it's interesting to see the dynamics, chris. during those interviews yesterday, the center was simple let tick to the president by and large. but the farther you got out to the...